(Full CV Available Upon Request)
Doctor
of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
Juris Doctor
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Arts, Industrial
Relations
Psychologist,
Attorney at Law,
Mediator,
Assist courts and attorneys in
civil/criminal cases and executives in
human resource management. Services provided include: competency
to stand trial, criminal
responsibility, child custody, pre-employment,
disability, and mental injury
evaluations; expert testimony; litigation and
management consultation; continuing
legal education on mental health issues;
and limited psychotherapy. Listed in the National Register of Health Service
Providers in Psychology.
Attorney, Limited
Private Practice
Serve as expert counsel in litigation
where a party’s mental state is at
issue. Serve as mediator in employment and
divorce/child custody
cases. Represent individuals and groups in
administrative, civil, and
criminal matters including: consumer, contract, DUI, employment, estate
planning, landlord-tenant,
misdemeanor/traffic, psychology licensure,
and oil/gas.
Lecturer,
Address the psychological, legal, and
economic implications of
management practices in large lecture
format with multimedia
presentation of course content.
NATIONAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
CBS
CNN
Court TV
Fox News
HLN
MSNBC
TruTV
NATIONAL RADIO APPEARANCES
CNN
Radio
Westwood One
Forensic and General Private Practice
Settings
Services provided include: assessment for appeal of death sentence
based on developmental disability,
child custody assessment, disability
assessment, law enforcement fitness
for duty assessment, offender risk
assessment, mediation, team-building
training, individual psychotherapy,
and special educational services for
adolescents.
APA-Approved Internship, Veterans and Forensic
Hospital Settings
Services provided include: individual and group psychotherapy with
inpatients and outpatients,
disability examinations, substance abuse
education, treatment planning with
multidisciplinary treatment team,
psychological testing (intelligence,
personality, PTSD), report writing,
competency examinations, criminal
responsibility examinations, and legal
consultation.
Psychotherapy Practicum, University Psychological
Clinic Setting
Services provided
include: individual, couple and family
outpatient
psychotherapy and assessment
(intelligence, personality, relationship
compatibility), and report writing.
Mediation Practicum, University Psychological
Clinic Setting
Services provided include: child custody and property mediation and
drafting of memoranda of
understanding.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Impact of Parental Alienation on Custody Proceedings, Multiple Presenters
Use of the MMPI-2 RF, Yossef Ben-Porath, Ph.D.
Mediation of Employment Law Conflicts, Al Martin
Counseling the Family Caregiver, Fred Mayfield, Ph.D., and Ann Misel, L.C.S.W.
Neurological Issues in Workers' Compensation Cases, Multiple Presenters
Innovation and Best Practices in Mediation, Multiple Presenters
Use of the MMPI-2 in Forensic Evaluations and Risk Assessments, Yossef Ben-Porath, Ph.D.
Preventing Impasse (in
Mediation), Valerie Burke, J.D.
Building the (Death Penalty) Mitigation Case, Multiple Presenters
Secrecy and Transparency in Dispute Resolution,
Multiple Presenters
Ethical Issues in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Stephen
Ware, J.D.
Collaborative (Divorce) Law, Multiple Presenters
Collaborative Law, Stuart
G. Webb, J.D.
Psychology and Law,
Multiple Presenters
Child Custody Evaluations, Phillip
M. Stahl, Ph.D.
Core and Domestic Mediation Principles, Nancy J. Hughes, Ph.D.
PRESENTATIONS
Competency and Culpability in Criminal Cases
Leadership in the Health Care Workplace
Current Legal Issues in the Health Care Workplace
Ethical and Legal Perspectives on Professional Boundary Transgressions
The Psychology Behind Jessica's Law
The Role of the Media in the Effort to Pass Jessica's Law Nationwide
Use and Misuse of Psych Experts in
Civil Litigation
Forensic Files (lessons learned
from a variety of challenging cases)
Ethical Obligations and Practical Solutions for Keeping, Storing,
and Disposing of Therapy Records
Child Custody Evaluations, What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know
Ethical Issues in Psychology and the
Law
Working With Mental Health Experts in
Legal Matters
Psychology and Psychiatry Malpractice
Law in
RESEARCH
Dissertation: Developing a Brief Self-Report Screen for
DSM-IV
Personality Disorders
Emphasis on scientific test design principles,